Spies, M. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
The RecA-binding locus of RecBCD enzyme defines a generalized domain for recruitment of DNA strand exchange proteins.
Mol. Cell, 21, 573-580.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Wu, Y., Sugiyama, T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
DNA annealing mediated by Rad52 and Rad59 proteins.
J. Biol. Chem., 281, 15441-15449 (published online March 25, 2006 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M601827200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Seitz, E.M. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
Human Rad51 protein displays enhanced homologous pairing of DNA sequences resembling those at genetically unstable loci. 
Nucl. Acids Res., 34, 2847-2852.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Chédin, F., Handa, N., Dillingham, M.S., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
The AddAB helicase/nuclease forms a stable complex with its cognate c sequence during translocation.
J. Biol. Chem., 281, 18610-18617 (published online April 21, 2006 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M600882200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
Visualization of Rad54, a chromatin-remodeling protein, translocating on single DNA molecules.
Mol. Cell, 23, 143-148.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]  [Supplemental Data]  [Upstream Translocation Movie]  [Downstream Translocation Movie]
(Third most requested article in August 2006 in Molecular Cell [PDF])

Galletto, R., Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006). 
Direct observation of individual RecA filaments assembling on single DNA molecules.
Nature, 443, 875-878  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  [Supplemental Data]
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Linder, P. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006). 
Helicases and NTP-driven nucleic acid machines: Structure, function and roles in human disease.
Nucl. Acids Res., 34, 4081.  [PDF]

Wu, Y., Siino, J.S., Sugiyama, T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006). 
The DNA binding preference of Rad52 and Rad59 proteins: Implications for their function in homologous recombination.
J. Biol. Chem., 281, 40001-40009. (published online October 12, 2006 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M608071200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Sugiyama, T., Kantake, N., Wu, Y., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006). 
Rad52-mediated DNA annealing after Rad51-mediated DNA strand exchange promotes second ssDNA capture.
EMBO J., 25, 5539-48. (published online November 9, 2006 as doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601412).   [Abstract]   [Full Text]  [PDF]

Handa, N. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006). 
A RecA mutant, RecA⁷³⁰, suppresses the recombination deficiency of the RecBC¹⁰⁰⁴D–c* interaction in vitro and in vivo
J. Mol. Bio., 365, 1314-1325 published online November 1, 2006 as doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.090). [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]